Two arraigned after alleged robbery and assault at beach

A West Yarmouth man accused of robbing and trying to kill a man in Centerville on Tuesday night has been ordered held without bail.

By STEVE DOANE

capecodtimes.com

By STEVE DOANE

Posted Dec. 13, 2012 at 2:00 AM

By STEVE DOANE

Posted Dec. 13, 2012 at 2:00 AM

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BARNSTABLE — A West Yarmouth man accused of robbing and trying to kill a man in Centerville on Tuesday night has been ordered held without bail.

Elton Sanches, 20, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Barnstable District Court to charges of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and two counts of armed assault with intent to murder. Sanches was arrested by a regional SWAT team several hours after the alleged incident.

Sanches' girlfriend, Jailee Washington, 18, of Sandwich, was charged with being an accessory after the fact and was released on her own recognizance after her arraignment.

A third man, Dakari T. James, 19, of Boston, was arrested on an unrelated armed robbery warrant out of Boston. He was ordered held so he could be transported back to the city.

The arrests stem from an alleged robbery attempt at William H. Covell Memorial Beach that led to a SWAT team standoff at an apartment on Winter Street in Hyannis.

At around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Barnstable police responded to the beach parking lot for a report that a man had been robbed at gunpoint. Police found a young man bleeding profusely from the side of his head. He vomited as he tried to talk to the responding officers, spurring them to call for an ambulance, according to court documents.

The man told police he had been in the beach parking lot with several other people, including Washington, smoking marijuana when Sanches pulled a gun and tried to rob him of $300, according to court documents.

The man tried to get the gun away from Sanches and the two began to scuffle. During the fight, Sanches struck the victim on the head with the butt end of the pistol and tried to shoot him twice, but the gun didn't fire, according to court documents.

While being treated at the hospital, the man identified a photo of Sanches.

Shortly after the incident, Barnstable police and the SWAT team from the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council arrived at 80A Winter St. and surrounded the apartment building.

Two men and three women, two of them carrying infants, came out of the home and told police Sanches and Washington were inside, according to a police press release. The pair came out of the building a short time later, after being called on a bullhorn by police, court documents said.

A subsequent search of the home turned up a tote bag with 7.62 mm caliber pistol ammunition and a Tokarev semiautomatic handgun. James was arrested at the Winter Street address after the standoff.